Sallie Frances Arnwine Buckner

Services for Sallie Frances Arnwine Buckner, 100, of Tyler formerly of Jacksonville, will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 5, 2007, at the Autry Funeral Home Chapel, under the direction of Autry Funeral Home of Jacksonville. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Sallie Frances Arnwine Buckner was born Nov. 23, 1906, in Maydelle, the daughter of J.A. Arnwine and Martha Ann Tabitha Watson Arnwine; and died Jan. 1, 2007, in Tyler. She was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin College and was a member of Central Baptist Church of Jacksonville.

Mrs. Buckner was preceded in death by her parents; by her husband, former Jacksonville Mayor R.C. Buckner; and by her sister, Nan Arnwine and brothers, W.D. Arnwine, D.L. Arnwine and Houston Arnwine. She is survived by her daughter, Bobye Buckner Adamson of Tyler; by her daughter, Bilye Buckner Werner and her husband, Joseph G. Werner of Dallas; by granddaughter. Angela Adamson Hanson and her husband, Ronald Hansen of North Mankato, Minnesota; by granddaughter, Susan Werner Stratton and her husband Derek D. Stratton of Dallas; by her grandsons, Marc Crouch, Tommy Woods, Jacob Woods and Joseph Stratton; by her sisters, Jimye Pipes of Rusk and Ona Jenkins of Jacksonville; and by several nieces and nephews.

The family expresses their gratitude to special friends, Linda Bailey, Linda Barton Brunson, Mary Finley Rayon, Mary Spradlin and Loretta Taylor.

Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, at the funeral home.

If desired, memorials may be made to Hospice of East Texas, 4111 University Blvd, Tyler, Texas; Central Baptist Church, 1909 E. Rusk, Jacksonville, Texas or other charity of choice.

January 3, 2007